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CONTENTS

Guide to Editorial Apparatus                vii


{ 1780 }
 continued
October  November  December

{ 1781 }
January  February

October

George Muter to James Kemp, 1 October                3
[From James Barron, before 2 October]                3
To Thomas Burke, 2 October                           3
[From James Maxwell, 2 October]                      4
From Riedesel, 2 October                             4
From John Fitzgerald, 3 October                      4
From Horatio Gates, 3 October                        5
From Samuel Huntington, 3 October                    6
From Samuel Huntington, 3 October                    6
To Samuel Huntington, 3 October                      7
To Edward Carrington, 4 October                      7
To Horatio Gates, 4 October                          9
From Theodorick Bland [ca. 5 October]               12
[From William Eaton, 5 October]                     13
From Horatio Gates, 5 October                       13
To James Wood, 5 October                            14
From Horatio Gates, 6 October                       16
From Samuel Huntington, 6 October                   17
From George Mason, 6 October                        18
Petition of Certain Deserters, with 
  Jefferson's Observations 
  [before 7 October]                                19
Appointment of a Commissioner of the 
  Provision Law, 8 October                          22
To Samuel Huntington, 8 October                     23
To James Wood [8 October]                           23
From Horatio Gates, 9 October                       23
Henry Hamilton's Parole, 10 October                 24
[To Samuel Huntington, 10 October]                  25
From Samuel Huntington, 10 October                  25
From Walter McClurg, 10 October                     25
From George Washington, 10 October                  26
[From James Maxwell, 11 October]                    30
[From James Maxwell, 11 October]                    30
To Daniel Brodhead, 12 October                      30
To George Rogers Clark, 12 October                  31
From Horatio Gates, 12 October                      32
From Meriwether Smith, 12 October                   32
From Oliver Towles, 12 October                      33
To James Wood, 12 October                           34
Robert Scot's Invoice for Executing an 
  Indian Medal, with Jefferson's 
  Memoranda [13-21 October]                         35
From Horatio Gates, 14 October                      37
To Samuel Huntington, 14 October                    38
To Thomas Burke, 15 October                         39
To Horatio Gates, 15 October                        39
To Samuel Huntington, 15 October                    42
Commission to Richard? Lamb, 15 October             42
From the Commissioners of the Specific 
  Tax in Essex County [after 16 October]            43
[From James Maxwell, 17 October]                    43
From Horatio Gates, 18 October                      44
From Samuel Huntington, 18 October                  44
[To George Skillern, 18 October]                    44
From George Washington, 18 October                  45
To James Wood, 18 October                           46
[From James Maxwell, 19 October]                    47
From George Muter, 19 October                       47
From Timothy Pickering, 19 October                  48
From Horatio Gates, 20 October                      49
From Samuel Huntington, 20 October                  50
[Orders to James Markham, 20 October]               51
From Philip Mazzei [20 October]                     51
From John Page, 20 October                          52
From Horatio Gates, 21 October                      53
From Samuel Huntington, 21 October                  53
From Thomas Nelson, 21 October                      54
From James Innes [21? October]                      55
To Horatio Gates, 22 October                        57
To Samuel Huntington, 22 October                    58
To John Smith, 22 October                           59
To Edward Stevens, 22 October                       59
To George Washington, 22 October                    59
From George Washington, 22 October                  60
To George Weedon, 22 October                        61
Steps to Be Taken to Repel General 
  Leslie's Army [22? October]                       61
To Robert Lawson, 23 October                        64
[To James Maxwell, 23? October]                     64
To James Wood, 23 October                           64
From Edward Stevens, 24 October                     65
From D'Anmours, 25 October                          66
To Samuel Huntington, 25 October                    67
To George Washington, 25 October                    68
To William Frazer, 26 October                       69
To Samuel Huntington, 26 October                    69
From Samuel Huntington, 26 October                  69
From Samuel Huntington, 26 October                  70
To Thomas Sim Lee, 26 October                       70
To Josiah Parker, 26 October                        71
To George Washington, 26 October                    72
To James Wood, 26 October                           72
Warrant for Impressing Supplies for 
  the Convention Army on Its
  March to Maryland, 26 October                     75
From Edward Stevens, 27 October                     76
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  27 October                                        76
To Horatio Gates, 28 October                        77
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 28 October                  78
To James Wood, 28 October                           79
From Thomas Sim Lee, 30 October                     80
From Daniel Morgan [30 October]                     80
Warrant to Thomas Russell to Impress 
  Boats, 30 October                                 80
From Edward Stevens, 30 October                     81
Advice of Council Embodying the 
  Militia of Three Western
  Counties, 30 October                              82
From William Campbell, 31 October                   84
From Samuel Huntington, 31 October                  84


November

To the County Lieutenants of 
  Botetourt and Montgomery,
  1 November                                        85
From Horatio Gates, 1 November                      86
To James Wood, 1 November                           87
To Messrs. Ball, Elliott, Morris, 
  and Southall [before 2 Novemberl                  89
From Samuel Huntington, 2 November                  89
To Thomas Sim Lee, 2 November                       89
To George Muter, 2 November                         90
To George Weedon?, 2 November                       91
From Horatio Gates, 3 November                      91
To Samuel Huntington, 3 November                    92
[To Thomas Sim Lee, 3 November]                     93
To George Washington, 3 November                    94
From George Weedon, 3 November                      94
To George Weedon, 3 November                        94
To James Wood, 3 November                           95
To Horatio Gates, 4 November                        96
[From Abner Nash, 5 November]                       96
From the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress [5 November]                             96
To George Weedon, 6 November                        97
From Richard Elliott, 7 November                    97
[To Benjamin Harrison, 7? November]                 98
To Samuel Huntington, 7 November                    98
To George Weedon, 7 November                       100
To James Wood, 7 November                          100
To James Wood, 7 November                          102
To a County Lieutenant, 8 November                 102
From Horatio Gates, 8 November                     103
To Patrick Lockhart, 8 November                    103
To James Maxwell [8 November]                      104
[From James Maxwell, 8 November]                   105
From George Washington, 8 November                 105
From Samuel Huntington, enclosing a 
  Table of Continental Requisitions 
  of Food, 9 November                              105
To Horatio Gates, 10 November                      108
To Samuel Huntington, enclosing an 
  Intercepted Letter from Leslie 
  to Cornwallis, 10 November                       109
To Edward Stevens, 10 November                     111
From Edward Stevens, 10 November                   112
To George Washington, 10 November                  113
To the Auditors, with Account of 
  Goods Furnished to the Indians
  by Major Linctot, 11 November                    113
To James Wood, 11 November                         115
To Samuel Huntington, 13 November                  115
From Samuel Huntington, 13 November                116
From Johann Ludwig de Unger, with 
  a List of Books Returned,
  13 November                                      117
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 14 November                            118
[To Benjamin Harrison, 16? November]               118
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  16 November                                      119
John Smith to Isaac Zane, 16 November              119
To James Wood, 16 November                         120
To Benjamin Harrison, 17 November                  121
From Samuel Huntington, 17 November                121
From Samuel Huntington, 17 November                122
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 17 November                            122
From D'Anmours, 18 November                        124
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 18 November              124
From Edward Stevens, 18 November                   125
To Horatio Gates, 19 November                      127
To Samuel Huntington, 19 November                  128
To Thomas Sim Lee, 19 November                     129
To Edward Stevens, 19 November                     129
From Nathanael Greene, 20 November                 130
General Greene's Requisition for 
  the Southern Army [20 November]                  133
[To Benjamin Harrison, 20? November]               134
To Benjamin Harrison, 20 November                  134
From James Francis Moore, 20 November              134
From Samuel Huntington, 21 November                135
From Thomas Newton, Jr., 21 November               136
From Theodorick Bland, 22 November                 136
From William Bradford, enclosing 
  Proceedings of the Hartford
  Convention, 22 November                          138
To Benjamin Harrison, 22 November                  142
To George Muter, 22 November                       142
[From Thomas Nelson, 22 November]                  142
From Samuel Nightingale, 22 November               143
From Peter Penet, 22 November                      144
From Nathaniel Randolph, 22 November               147
To George Muter, 23 November                       149
To Benjamin Harrison, 24 November                  150
To Robert Lawson, 24 November                      151
To Steuben, 24 November                            152
From Edward Stevens, 24 November                   153
From Nicholas Eveleigh, 25 November                153
To Benjamin Harrison, 25 November                  154
Penet, D'Acosta Freres & Cie. to 
  the Board of Trade, 25 November                  155
To Steuben, 25 November                            156
From Johann Ludwig de Unger, 
  25 November                                      156
To James Wood, 25 November                         157
To Nathanael Greene, 26 November                   157
From Alexander Spotswood, 26 November              158
To Steuben, 26 November                            159
To Edward Stevens, 26 November                     159
To George Washington, 26 November                  160
[From George Muter, before 
  27 November]                                     161
From Samuel Huntington [27] November               161
[From James Maxwell, 27 November]                  161
From Nathaniel Randolph, 27 November               162
From Steuben, 27 November                          163
[To Benjamin Harrison, 28? November]               163
From William Phillips, 28 November                 163
From George Muter, with a Return of 
  Ammunition on Hand, 29 November                  165
Marbois' Queries concerning Virginia 
  [before 30 November]                             166
To D'Anmours, 30 November                          167
To Benjamin Harrison, 30 November                  168
From John Todd, 30 November                        169
To Johann Ludwig de Unger, 
  30 November                                      171
[To ____ ____,30 November]                         171
[To John Gibson, November?]                        172
Impressment Warrants to Various 
  Persons, November                                172
From Geismar [November?]                           173


December

From George Muter, 1 December                      173
From Jacob Rubsamen, 1 December                    174
From Steuben, 1 December                           175
To Steuben, 1 December                             175
From Steuben, 2 December                           176
To Steuben, 3 December                             176
From Samuel Huntington, 4 December                 177
From Patrick Lockhart, 4 December                  177
To Steuben, 4 December                             178
[From John Gregory, before 
  5 December]                                      179
[From George Muter, before 
  5 December]                                      179
To Benjamin Harrison, 5 December                   179
From Linctot, 5 December                           180
From John Taylor, 5 December                       180
From the Continental Board of War, 
  6 December                                       181
Robert Forsyth to the Agent 
  Superintending the State Supplies,
  6 December                                       182
From Nathanael Greene, 6 December                  183
To Steuben, 6 December                             185
From Meshech Weare, 6 December                     185
From James Maxwell, 7 December                     186
Virginia General Court: Certificates 
  of Escheated Property, 7 December                186
[To Benjamin Harrison, 8? December]                187
George Muter to Charles Magill, 
  8 December                                       187
From George Slaughter, 8 December                  188
To Steuben, 8 December                             188
From Steuben, 8 December                           189
From George Washington, 8 December                 190
To Henry Lee, 9 December                           191
From John Page, 9 December                         191
From Steuben, enclosing Instructions 
  for Drawing the Recruiting Bill, 
  9 December                                       193
From George Washington, 9 December                 195
From Steuben, 10 December                          195
From the Virginia Delegates in Congress 
  [ca. 10] December                                196
From George Washington, 10 December                196
From the Continental Board of War, 
  11 December                                      197
To Benjamin Harrison, 11 December                  197
[From James Maxwell, 11 December]                  198
To James Maxwell [11 December]                     198
From William Shannon, 11 December                  198
From the Continental Board of War, 
  12 December                                      199
From John Floyd, 12 December                       199
From Joseph Martin, 12 December                    200
From George Muter [12 December]                    201
From Richard and William May, 
  13 December                                      202
To George Muter, 13 December                       202
From the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 13 December                            203
To George Washington, 13 December                  204
[To Horatio Gates, 14 December]                    206
From Nathanael Greene, 14 December                 206
From Richard MacCarty, 14 December                 207
From Bennett Goode, 15 December                    208
From Timothy Pickering, 15 December                209
From Steuben, 15 December                          209
From Steuben, 15 December                          210
To James Wood, 15 December                         210
From Amable and Alexander Lory, 
  16 December                                      211
[From James Maxwell, 16 December]                  212
From Steuben, 16 December                          212
From Steuben, 16 December                          212
From Steuben, 16 December                          214
[From Theodorick Bland, 17 December]               214
[To Benjamin Harrison, 18? December]               214
From Gideon Johnston, 18 December                  214
From La Luzerne, 18 December                       215
From Steuben, 18 December                          216
From George Elliott [after 
  19 December]                                     216
From George Muter, 19 December                     216
From Edward Stevens, 19 December                   216
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  20 December                                      217
From George Muter, 20 December                     218
From James Wood, 20 December                       218
From Steuben, 21 December                          219
To Steuben, 21 December                            219
To Charles Wall, 21 December                       220
From James Arbuckle, 22 December                   221
From Samuel Huntington, 22 December                222
John Clark's Invoice for Services, 
  with Jefferson's Approval,
  22 December                                      223
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  22 December                                      224
From Thomas Turpin, with Reply, 
  22-23 December                                   224
To Rowland Madison, 23 December                    225
From David Ross, with a Memorandum 
  on Improving Tobacco and Flour 
  Inspection, 23 December                          226
To Steuben, 23 December                            229
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Hampshire and Berkeley,
  24 December                                      229
To the County Lieutenant of 
  Greenbrier, 24 December                          230
To the County Lieutenant of 
  Frederick, 24 December                           231
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson,
  24 December                                      231
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Monongalia and Ohio, 24 December                 232
To the Quartermasters of Frederick, 
  Hampshire, and Berkeley Counties, 
  24 December                                      232
To Steuben, 24 December                            233
To George Rogers Clark, 25 December                233
To Joseph Crockett, 25 December                    238
To Benjamin Harrison, 25 December                  238
To Samuel Huntington, 25 December                  238
To Sampson Mathews, 25 December                    239
To James Francis Moore, 25 December                239
[To Benjamin Harrison, 26? December]               240
To Nathanael Greene, 27 December                   240
From William Livingston, 27 December               241
From George Washington, 27 December                241
[To ____ ____, 27 December]                        242
From Charles Mortimer, with an 
  Invoice of Medicines for the
  Hospital at Fredericksburg, 
  28 December                                      242
From George Muter, 28 December                     243
George Muter to J. P. G. Muhlenberg 
  and Others, 28 December                          243
From Steuben, 28 December                          244
From George Washington, 28 December                246
To Benjamin Harrison, 29 December                  248
From Custine and Laval, 30 December                249
From Joseph Hawkins, 30 December                   249
From Linctot, 30 December                          249
To Steuben, 30 December                            250
From Steuben, 30 December                          250
From Edward Stevens, 30 December                   251
From Francis Taylor, 30 December                   252
From Thomas Turpin, 30 December                    253
From Nathanael Greene, 31 December                 253
To Steuben, 31 December                            254
From James Wood, 31 December                       255
Notes and Documents Relating to 
  the British Invasions in 1781
  [31 December 1780 to 26 July 1816]               256
    I. Diary of Arnold's Invasion and 
       Notes on Subsequent Events in 1781: 
       Versions of 1796?, 1805, and 1816           258
   II. Arnold's Invasion as Reported by 
       Jefferson in the Virginia Gazette           269
  III. Depositions Taken in 1796 respecting 
       Jefferson's Conduct during Arnold's 
       Invasion                                    271
   IV. Letter of William Tatham, 1805, 
       concerning the British Invasions of 
       1781                                        273
    V. Deposition of Christopher Hudson, 
       1805, concerning Tarleton's Raid on 
       Charlottesville                             277
From Charles Scott, December                       278
Steuben's Plan for Preventing Desertion 
  [December]                                       278
From Francis Kinloch                               279
To George Muter                                    280
Pass for Charles? Torriano                         280
Form of Pass for British Deserters                 281
Notes concerning the Right of Removal 
  from Office                                      281



{ 1781 }

January  February
ILLUSTRATIONS

January

To William Armistead, 1 January                    282
To William Armistead, 1 January                    284
To John Browne, 1 January                          284
Edward Carrington and Richard
  Claiborne: Plan for the Quarter-
  master's Department in Virginia,
  1 January                                        285
To William Davies, 1 January                       288
From Nathanael Greene, 1 January                   288
To Benjamin Harrison, 1 January                    289
From James Maxwell, 1 January                      290
Draft of a Letter to Officers 
  Retired from Service, enclosed 
  to Baron Steuben [ca. 1] January                 290
From Steuben, 1 January                            291
From the Virginia Delegates in
  Congress, 1 January                              292
From Nathaniel Burwell, 2 January                  294
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Charlotte and Certain Other 
  Counties, 2 January                              294
To the County Lieutenants of
  Shenandoah and Certain Other
  Counties, 2 January                              295
To Benjamin Harrison, 2 January                    296
George Muter to William Davies,
  2 January                                        296
To Thomas Nelson, 2 January                        297
To ____ Reid, 2 January                            298
To Steuben, 2 January                              298
From Steuben, 2 January                            298
To Francis Taylor, 2 January                       299
From George Washington, 2 January                  299
[From Edward? Archer, 3 January]                   300
William Armistead to William
  Davies, 3 January                                300
From Samuel Huntington, 3 January                  300
From Abner Nash, 3 January                         301
To George Skillern, 3 January                      301
From Leighton Wood, 3 January                      302
To John Banister, 4 January                        302
From Edward Carrington, 4 January                  303
To the County Lieutenants of
  Henrico and Certain Other
  Counties, 4 January                              303
From Joseph Crockett, 4 January                    303
From Charles Dick, 4 January                       304
From Benjamin Harrison [4 January]                 304
To Richard Meade, 4 January                        305
To George Muter? [4 January]                       306
To ____ ____, 4 January                            306
From Thomas Nelson, 4 January                      307
From Thomas Nelson, 4 January                      307
To Steuben, 4 January                              308
To Francis Taylor, 4 January                       308
From Thomas Sim Lee, 5 January                     309
From the Maryland General 
  Assembly, 5 January                              309
From Philip Mazzei, 5 January                      309
From Charles Fleming, 6 January                    310
From Matthew Godfrey, 6 January                    311
From Steuben, 6 January                            312
From William Davies, 7 January                     312
To George Muter, 7 January                         313
From George Muter, 7 January                       314
From George Muter [7 January]                      315
From John Nicholas, 7 January                      316
To Steuben, 7 January                              316
From Steuben, 7 January                            317
To Steuben, 7 January                              318
From Jonathan Clarke, 8 January                    319
From Charles Fleming, 8 January                    319
From John Montgomery, 8 January                    319
From Thomas Nelson, 8 January                      321
From John Nicholas, 8 January                      321
From the North Carolina Board 
  of War, 8 January                                322
From Edward Stevens, 8 January                     322
From John Browne, 9 January                        324
From Samuel Huntington [9 January]                 324
From James Madison, 9 January                      325
To Steuben, 9 January                              326
To Steuben, 9 January                              327
From Steuben, 9 January                            327
From Edward Carrington, 10 January                 328
From William Davies, 10 January                    328
Charles Fleming to William 
  Davies, 10 January                               329
To James Hunter, 10 January                        329
To Samuel Huntington, 10 January                   330
From John Nicholas, 10 January                     330
To John Nicholas, 10 January                       331
From George Slaughter, 10 January                  332
To Steuben, 10 January                             332
To George Washington, 10 January                   333
To George Weedon, 10 January                       335
From William Davies, 11 January                    337
From Steuben [11 January]                          337
To Steuben, 11 January                             338
To George Weedon, 11 January                       339
From Richard Claiborne, 12 January                 340
From William Davies, 12 January                    342
From George Elliott, 12 January                    342
To Sampson Mathews, 12 January                     343
To George Muter, 12 January                        343
To Thomas Nelson, 12 January                       344
To Thomas Nelson, 12 January                       344
To Steuben, 12 January                             344
From Steuben, 12 January                           345
[To George Washington, 12 January]                 346
To George Weedon, 12 January                       346
From George Weedon, 12 January                     347
To James Wood, 12 January                          347
From Edward Carrington, with 
  Jefferson's Instructions to 
  George Muter, 13-15 January                      347
To George Rogers Clark, 13 January                 348
To William? Graves, 13 January                     349
From Henry Heth, 13 January                        349
From Samuel Huntington, 13 January                 350
From Sampson Mathews, 13 January                   350
From Thomas Nelson, 13 January                     351
From John Robertson, 13 January                    351
To Steuben, 13 January                             351
From James Wood, 13 January                        353
To James Wood, 13 January                          353
Pledge of Volunteers for Cavalry 
  Service, with Jefferson's
  Approval [13]-17 January                         353
From George Muter, 14 January                      354
From David Ross [14? January]                      354
From George Slaughter, 14 January                  355
To Steuben, 14 January                             356
Steuben's Queries concerning Military 
  Supplies, with Jefferson's Answers 
  [before 14 January]                              357
From Edward Stevens, 14 January                    359
From Arthur Campbell, 15 January                   359
From William Davies, 15 January                    364
To Charles Dick, 15 January                        364
From John Floyd, 15 January                        364
From Nathanael Greene,, 15 January                 365
To Samuel Huntington, 15 January                   366
From Samuel Huntington, 15 January                 366
To Samuel Huntington, 15 January                   369
To Thomas Sim Lee, 15 January                      371
To Thomas Nelson, 15 January                       371
To Thomas Nelson, 15 January                       372
From Thomas Nelson, 15 January                     373
To the Person Employed to Collect 
  Workmen, 15 January                              373
To Timothy Pickering, 15 January                   374
To the President of the Continental 
  Board of War, 15 January                         374
To John Christian Senf [15 January]                375
From George Slaughter, 15 January                  375
From George Slaughter, 15 January                  375
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 15 January                             376
From George Weedon, 15 January                     376
To Jacob Wray, 15 January                          377
To Edward Carrington, 16 January                   378
From Archibald Cary [16 January]                   378
From William Davies, 16 January                    379
To Nathanael Greene, 16 January                    379
To James Maxwell, 16 January                       380
To Abner Nash, 16 January                          381
To Thomas Nelson, 16 January                       382
From Thomas Nelson, 16 January                     382
To the President of the North 
  Carolina Board of War, 16 January                383
From Duncan Rose, 16 January                       383
From Steuben, 16 January                           383
From Anthony Thornton, 16 January                  384
To George Weedon [ca. 16 January]                  384
From Daniel Brodhead, 17 January                   385
From Charles Fleming, 17 January                   385
To Samuel Huntington, enclosing 
  Resolution of Assembly con-
  cerning the Cession of Lands 
  Northwest of the Ohio River,
  17 January                                       386
From George Slaughter, 17 January                  391
From Steuben, 17 January                           392
From Steuben, 17 January                           393
To Richard Claiborne, 18 January                   393
From Richard Claiborne, 18 January                 393
From George Rogers Clark, 
  18 January                                       394
James Cocke to George Muter, 
  18 January                                       395
From George Elliott, 18 January                    396
From James Hayes, 18 January                       396
George Muter to the Auditors, 
  18 January                                       397
To William Smith, 18 January                       397
To Steuben, 18 January                             398
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 18 January                             398
To John Walker, 18 January                         400
To the County Lieutenants, 
  19 January                                       400
Proclamation concerning Paroles, 
  19 January                                       403
Order in Council to Regularize 
  Impressment of Wagons, Teams,
  &c., 19 January                                  405
Proclamation of Embargo, 
  19 January                                       406
From William Davies, 19 January                    406
From Dudley Digges, 19 January                     407
From Col. William Fleming, 
  19 January                                       407
To the Manager of the Lead 
  Mines, 19 January                                408
From George Muter, enclosing 
  an Exchange of Letters with
  William Spiller, 19 January                      408
From Matthew Pope, 19 January                      410
From George Slaughter, 19 January                  410
To Steuben, 19 January                             411
To Steuben, 19 January                             411
From John Syme, 19 January                         412
From William Armistead, 20 January                 413
To George Rogers Clark, 20 January                 413
From George Rogers Clark, 
  20 January                                       414
To George Rogers Clark, 20 January                 414
To the First Magistrate of Each 
  County, 20 January                               414
From John Harmanson, 20 January                    416
To George Lyne, 20 January                         416
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  20 January                                       416
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  20 January                                       417
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  20 January                                       418
To Thomas Nelson, 20 January                       419
From William Call, 21 January                      419
From George Rogers Clark, 
  21 January                                       420
From Sampson Mathews, with 
  Jefferson's Instructions to
  George Muter, 21 January                         420
From Thomas Newton, Jr., 
  21 January                                       421
From John Christian Senf, 21 January               421
From Steuben, 21 January                           422
To George Weedon, 21 January                       423
To George Rogers Clark, enclosing 
  Clark's Commission, 22 January                   424
[From George Muter, 22 January]                    425
[From George Muter, 22 January]                    425
From George Muter, 22 January                      425
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  22-23 January                                    426
From Thomas Nelson, 22 January                     426
From Matthew Pope, enclosing 
  Proposals for Better Regulating
  the State Medical Department, 
  22 January                                       427
From George Slaughter, 22 January                  429
From Charles Dick, enclosing 
  Statement of His Services in the
  Arms Manufactory at Fredericksburg, 
  23 January                                       430
From James Hayes, 23 January                       431
Proclamation Convening the Assembly, 
  23 January                                       432
Circular Letter to Members of the 
  Assembly, 23 January                             433
From Rowland Madison, 23 January                   434
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  23 January                                       434
From the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress [23? January]                           436
From John Broaddus, 24 January                     437
From Nathanael Greene, 24 January                  437
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  24 January                                       438
[From George Muter, 24 January]                    440
From Edward Stevens, 24 January                    440
From John Todd, 24 January                         441
From John Winston, 24 January                      443
From George Brooke, enclosing 
  Lists of Paid and Unpaid
  Warrants, 25 January                             443
From William Davies, 25 January                    445
From George Harmer, 25 January                     447
From James Hunter, 25 January                      448
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  25-26 January                                    449
To Thomas Nelson, 25 January                       449
From the Officers of the Berkeley 
  County Militia, 25 January                       451
To John Winston, 25 January                        452
To William Davies, 26 January                      453
From John Pierce Duvall and 
  James Neal, 26 January                           454
From Nathanael Greene, 26 January                  455
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  26 January                                       455
From Thomas Nelson, 26 January                     456
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 26 January                             456
From Arthur Campbell, 27 January                   457
From John Syme, 27 January                         458
From Robert Lawson, 28 January                     459
To the Auditors, 29 January                        462
From Theodorick Bland, 29 January                  462
From Archibald Cary [29 January]                   463
From Richard Claiborne, 29 January                 464
To Benjamin Harrison, 29 January                   466
From the Officers of the Greenbrier 
  County Militia, 29 January                       469
Statement of Arms and Men in 
  Service [29 January]                             470
From Sampson Mathews, 29 January                   473
To George Muter, 29 January                        474
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  29 January                                       474
[From George Muter, 29 January]                    474
[From George Muter, 29 January]                    474
To David Ross, 29 January                          475
From John Christian Senf, 
  29 January                                       475
To Steuben, 29 January                             477
To John Banister, 30 January                       477
From Edward Carrington, 
  30 January                                       478
From Linctot, 30 January                           479
From George Muter, 30 January                      479
From George Muter, 30 January                      480
From Charles Scott, 30 January                     481
From the South Carolina Delegates 
  in Congress, 30 January                          483
From Steuben, 30 January                           483
From the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 30 January                             483
From George Walls, 30 January                      484
From George Elliott 
  [ca. 31 January]                                 484
To Robert Lawson, 31 January                       485
To Sampson Mathews and John 
  Bowyer, 31 January                               486
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 31 January                 487
To George Muter, 31 January                        488
From George Muter, 31 January                      489
[From George Muter, 31 January]                    489
To George Muter, 31 January                        489
George Muter to Levin Walker, 
  31 January                                       490
To Alexander Spotswood, 31 January                 490
To John Syme, 31 January                           491
To George Weedon, 31 January                       491


February 1-24

From Edward Carrington, 1 February                 492
To William Davies, 1 February                      492
From William Davies, 1 February                    493
To Thomas Sim Lee, 1 February                      494
From Daniel Morgan, 1 February                     495
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  1 February                                       496
From John Page [1 February]                        497
From Robert Porterfield, 1 February                497
From John Syme, 1 February                         498
From John Todd, 1 February                         498
From Vivian Brooking, 2 February                   499
From Arthur Campbell, 2 February                   499
From Richard Claiborne, 2 February                 500
To William Davies, 2 February                      500
From Horatio Gates, 2 February                     501
To Abner Nash, 2 February                          502
From Abner Nash, 2 February                        503
From William North, 2 February                     504
Proclamation Inviting Mercenary 
  Troops in the British Service
  to Desert [2 February]                           505
To David Ross, 2 February                          506
From Charles Scott, 2 February                     507
To Steuben, 2 February                             507
To John Syme, 2 February                           508
To John Browne, 3 February                         508
To John Browne, 3 February                         509
To Richard Claiborne, 3 February                   509
Richard Claiborne to Charles Pettit, 
  3 February                                       510
From William Davies, 3 February                    514
To David Geddes, 3 February                        516
To James Hamilton and O. C. A. 
  Mengen, 3 February                               517
Agreement with George Harmer for 
  the Public Use of Slaves,
  3 February                                       518
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  3 February                                       518
[From George Muter, 3 February]                    519
To George Muter?, enclosing Terms 
  for Rebuilding the Boring
  Mill, 3 February                                 519
From Thomas Nelson, 3 February                     520
To Thomas Newton, 3 February                       521
From Timothy Pickering, 3 February                 521
From John Tyler, 3 February                        522
To Peter Wagener, 3 February                       523
To James Wood, 3 February                          523
[To George Muter, 4? February]                     524
From Meriwether Smith, 4 February                  524
From George Walls, 4 February                      525
To the Auditors, 5 February                        525
To the Auditors, 5 February                        526
To the Auditors, 5 February                        526
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Dinwiddie and Essex, 5 February                  526
To William Davies, 5 February                      527
To George Gibson, 5 February                       527
From George Gibson, 5 February                     528
From William Lewis, 5 February                     530
[To George Muter, 5 February]                      530
[From George Muter, 5 February]                    530
From George Muter, 5 February                      531
William Rose's Return of Tents, 
  with Addenda by Jefferson
  [5 February]                                     531
To the Auditors, 6 February                        532
From Jonathan Clarke, 6 February                   532
From William Harrison, 6 February                  533
From Joseph Jones, 6 February                      534
[To George Muter, 6? February]                     535
[From George Muter, 6 February]                    535
[From George Muter, 6 February]                    535
[From George Muter, 6 February]                    535
[From George Muter, 6 February]                    536
Advice of Council respecting 
  Consolidation of the State
  Regiments, 6 February                            536
From Granville Smith, with 
  Jefferson's Instructions to 
  George Muter, 6 February                         537
Returns of the State Regiments 
  [6 February and after]                           538
From Patrick St. Laurence, 
  6 February                                       543
From George Washington, 6 February                 543
From the American Philosophical 
  Society, 7 February                              544
From Arthur Campbell, 7 February                   546
From Richard Claiborne, 7 February                 547
To Richard Claiborne, 7 February                   547
To Jonathan Clarke, 7 February                     549
To William Davies, 7 February                      549
To Charles Dick, 7 February                        549
To Benjamin Harrison, 7 February                   550
To Joseph Hawkins, 7 February                      550
To James Hunter, 7 February                        551
From Joseph Martin, 7 February                     551
To Richard Morris, 7 February                      552
To George Muter, 7 February                        552
From George Muter, 7 February                      553
From Thomas Nelson, 7 February                     553
From David Ross, 7 February                        554
To Steuben, 7 February                             555
To Steuben, 7 February                             555
From the Subaltern Officers of the 
  Guard Regiment at Albemarle
  Barracks, 7 February                             556
To the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 
  7 February      556
From William Davies, 8 February                    557
From Horatio Gates, 8 February                     559
To Samuel Huntington, 8 February                   559
From Samuel Huntington, 8 February                 559
From Edward Stevens, 8 February                    561
From Francis Taylor, 8 February                    565
To George Washington, 8 February                   566
Agreement with James Anderson for 
  Nailers, 9 February                              566
To Tbeodorick Bland, 9 February                    566
From Theodorick Bland, 9 February                  567
From Beesly Edgar Joel, 9 February                 569
To Paul Loyall, 9 February                         570
[From George Muter, 9 February]                    571
From Edmund Randolph, with a 
  Memorandum by Jefferson,
  9 February                                       571
From Edmund Randolph [9 February]                  572
From John Smith, 9 February                        573
From James Wood, 9 February                        573
From Robert Andrews, 10 February                   574
From George Rogers Clark, 10 February              574
To Nathanael Greene, 10 February                   575
From Nathanael Greene, 10 February                 576
To John Harmanson, 10 February                     577
From Joseph Jones, 10 February                     577
[From George Muter, 10 Febrnary]                   577
[From George Muter, with Reply, 10 February]       578
To Thomas Nelson, 10 February                      578
From William Preston, 10 February                  579
From Richard Claiborne, 11 February                580
To George Muter, 11 February                       581
From George Muter, 11 February                     581
From George Muter, 11 February                     582
From David Ross, 11 February                       582
To Granville Smith, 11 February                    583
To Steuben, 11 February                            583
From Steuben [11 February]                         584
To the Auditors, 12 February                       585
Advice of Council respecting 
  Purchase of Gunpowder, with a
  Warrant for the Purchase, 
  12 February-2 April                              585
From John Baylor, 12 February                      586
To John Browne, 12 February                        586
To John Browne, 12 February                        587
From Arthur Campbell, 12 February                  587
From Robert Ewing, 12 February                     587
To Benjamin Harrison, 12 February                  588
From Benjamin Harrison, 
  12 February                                      589
To Samuel Huntington, 12 February                  590
From George Muter, 12 February                     591
From Duncan Rose, 12 February                      591
From David Ross, 12 February                       591
To Steuben, 12 February                            592
From George Lee Turberville, 
  12 February                                      594
To George Washington, 12 February                  595
To Daniel Brodhead, 13 February                    595
From Archibald Cary, 13 February                   596
To George Rogers Clark, 13 February                597
To Jonathan Clarke, 13 February                    598
To John Gibson, 13 February                        598
[To Nathanael Greene, 13 February]                 599
From James Henry, 13 February                      599
To Linctot, 13 February                            600
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  13 February                                      601
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  13 February                                      601
To Thomas Nelson, 13 February                      602
From John Christian Senf, 
  13 February                                      602
To Steuben, 13 February                            603
To Steuben, 13 February                            603
To Francis Taylor, 13 February                     604
To George Lee Turberville, 
  13 February                                      605
From the Virginia Delegates 
  in Congress, 13 February                         605
From the Virginia Delegates 
  in Congress, 13 February                         606
To James Wood, 13 February                         607
To James Henry, 14 February                        607
From Edmund Massingbird Hyrne, 
  14 February                                      608
To Beesly Edgar Joel, 14 February                  608
To George Muter, 14 February                       609
[From George Muter, 14 February]                   610
From the General Assembly of North 
  Carolina, 14 February                            610
From George Elliott, 14 February                   611
From George Rice, 14 February                      611
From John Banister [15? February]                  612
From Lewis Burwell, 15 February                    612
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Washington and Certain Other
  Counties, 15 February                            613
From Nathanael Greene, 15 February                 615
From Robert Lawson, 15 February                    616
To Charles Lynch, 15 February                      618
From George Muter, 15 February                     619
[To George Muter, 15 February]                     619
[From George Muter, 15 February]                   619
From Thomas Read, 15 February                      619
From John Christian Senf, 
  15 February                                      620
To Turner Southall, Robert Goode, 
  John Banister, William Call,
  and William Greene Munford, 
  15 February                                      621
To Steuben, 15 February                            621
From Steuben, 15 February                          622
To Steuben, 15 February                            623
From Steuben, 15 February                          624
From George Lee Turberville, 
  15 February                                      624
To James Wood, 15 February                         625
To John Allen, 16 February                         625
To Richard Claiborne, 16 February                  626
From Richard Claiborne, 
  16 February                                      627
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Berkeley and Frederick,
  16 February                                      627
To the County Lieutenant of 
  Hampshire, 16 February                           629
From Robert Lawson, 16 February                    629
To James Maxwell, 16 February                      630
To Thomas Nelson, 16 February                      631
From Stephen Southall, enclosing 
  Order [16? February]                             632
From Turner Southall, 16 February                  632
To Steuben, 16 February                            632
To Steuben, 16 February                            633
To Steuben, 16 February                            633
To John Banister, 17 February                      633
To Arthur Campbell, 17 February                    634
To Richard Claiborne, 17 February                  635
From Richard Claiborne, 17 February                635
From Richard Claiborne, 17 February                636
To the County Lieutenants of Loudoun, 
  Fairfax, Prince William, and 
  Fauquier, 17 February                            636
To Horatio Gates, 17 February                      637
To Nathanael Greene, 17 February                   638
To Samuel Huntington, 17 February                  638
From James Maxwell, 17 February                    640
To the Officers of the Greenbrier 
  County Militia, 17 February                      641
To Thomas Read, 17 February                        641
To Stephen Southall, 17 February                   642
From Stephen Southall [17? February]               643
To Steuben, 17 February                            643
To Steuben, 17 February                            644
To Steuben, 17 February                            644
From Steuben, 17 February                          645
To George Washington, 17 February                  645
To the County Lieutenant of Augusta, 
  18 February                                      645
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Chesterfield and Dinwiddie,
  18 February                                      646
To the County Lieutenants of 
  Lunenberg, Amelia, Powhatan,
  Cumberland, and Brunswick, 
  18 February                                      646
To the County Lieutenant of 
  Shenandoah, 18 February                          647
To Nathanael Greene, 18 February                   647
To Nathanael Greene, 18 February                   648
To Edmund Massingbird Hyrne, 
  18 February                                      649
To Charles Magill, 18 February                     649
From Thomas Nelson [18 February]                   650
From Steuben, 18 February                          652
To James Wood, 18 February                         652
To George Rogers Clark, 19 February                653
To the County Lieutenant of 
  Chesterfield, 19 February                        654
To Nathanael Greene, enclosing 
  Warrant to Impress Horses,
  19 February                                      654
From Benjamin Harrison, 19 February                655
To Joseph Martin, 19 February                      657
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  19-20 February                                   658
From Thomas Nelson, 19 February                    658
From David Ross, 19 February                       659
To Steuben, 19 February                            660
To Steuben, 19 February                            661
From Steuben, 19 February                          662
From John Teackle, 19 February                     662
From Charles Thomson, 19 February                  663
To the Auditors, 20 February                       663
From John Banister, 20 February                    663
From Vivian Brooking, 20 February                  664
From Jonathan Clarke, 20 February                  664
From George Elliott, 20 February                   665
[From Commissary Benjamin Harrison, 
  20 February]                                     666
From James Hunter, 20 February                     666
From Samuel Huntington, 20 February                667
From John Nicholas [20 February]                   668
From John Nicholas [ca. 20 February]               668
To Steuben, 20 February                            668
From John Syme, 20 February                        670
From the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress [20] February                           670
From James Wood, enclosing a 
  Petition from Certain Men in
  Colonel Armand's Corps, 20 February              671
From Richard Claiborne, 21 February                674
To William Davies, 21 February                     674
To George Elliott, 21 February                     674
From James Innes, 21 February                      675
From Lafayette, 21 February                        676
To George Muter, 21 February                       676
To Thomas Nelson, 21 February                      677
Sans to Thomas Nelson, 21 February                 678
To John Christian Senf, 21 February                679
To Steuben, 21 February                            679
From Steuben, 21 February                          680
To Steuben, 21 February                            682
From George Waller, 21 February                    682
From George Washington, 21 February                683
To James Wood, 21 February                         685
To William Yates, 21 February                      685
To John Browne, 22 February                        686
To James Innes, 22 February                        686
To Thomas Nelson, 22 February                      687
To Steuben, 22 February                            688
From Garret Van Meter, 22 February                 688
To Frederick Victor, 22 February                   689
To the Virginia Delegates in 
  Congress, 22 February                            689
From Mary Willing Byrd, 23 February                690
From William Davies, 23 February                   692
From Thomas Gaskins, 23 February                   693
From John Mazaret, 23 February                     694
From George Muter, with Reply, 
  23 February                                      694
From Edmund Randolph, 23 February                  694
From Steuben, 23 February                          695
From John Banister [before 
  24 February]                                     696
To John Banister, 24 February                      696
From Edward Carrington, 24 February                696
To the County Lieutenants of 
  James City and Certain Other
  Counties [24 February]                           698
From David Geddes, 24 February                     698
From James Hamilton, 24 February                   698
To James Innes, 24 February                        699
From James Innes, 24 February                      699
From Littleberry Mosby, 24 February                700
To Steuben, 24 February                            700
From Steuben, 24 February                          701
From James Wood, 24 February                       702



ILLUSTRATIONS

                                                                  PAGE
SIR HENRY CLINTON'S GENERAL ORDERS, CHARLESTON,
  SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 JUNE 1780                                       90

  An unrecorded broadside, printed by Rivington in New York,
  tendering Clinton's congratulations "on the Success that has
  attended the Corps in the Back Country, under Lieutenant
  General Earl Cornwallis." This copy was transmitted by Gen-
  eral Gates to Governor Jefferson, 6 Oct., and by Jefferson
  forwarded to President Samuel Huntington, 14 Oct. 1780.
  (Courtesy of the Library of Congress.)


INTERCEPTED LETTER FROM LESLIE TO CORNWALLIS,
  4 NOVEMBER 1780                                                   91

  General Alexander Leslie writes from Portsmouth, Va., in-
  quiring as to his lordship's whereabouts. The letter, "written
  on silk paper, rolled up in gold beaters skin," was intercepted
  by American troops and was transmitted by Jefferson to Presi-
  dent Huntington, 10 Nov. 1780. (Courtesy of the Library of
  Congress.)


INDIAN MEDAL STRUCK FOR THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, 1780                106

  This medal was executed by Robert Scot of Fredericksburg.
  The design of the obverse follows colonial tradition closely,
  but on the reverse is represented the new Virginia seal and a
  motto doubtless suggested by Jefferson: "REBELLION TO
  TYRANTS IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD." See Robert Scot's Invoice
  for Executing an Indian Medal, 13-21 Oct. 1780. (Courtesy
  of the Massachusetts Historical Society.)


JEFFERSON'S CERTIFICATES OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE
  AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY                                   107

  Jefferson was elected to the Society on 21 Jan. 1780. Both of
  the certificates here reproduced are copies or contemporary
  reconstructions of an original that has not been found. See
  letter from the American Philosophical Society to Jefferson,
  7 Feb. 1781. (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical So-
  ciety.)


ENCAMPMENT OF THE CONVENTION ARMY AT
  CHARLOTTESVILLE                                                  266

  This view of the Albemarle Barracks so often alluded to in
  Jefferson's correspondence while governor is from an engrav-
  ing in Thomas Anburey's Travels through the Interior Parts
  of America.... By an Officer [Thomas Anburey], London,
  new edition, 1791.


PLAN OF ARNOLD'S RAID ON RICHMOND, 5 JANUARY 1781                  267

  This plan was drawn by Lt. Allang of the Queen's Rangers
  and is from a lithograph in John Graves Simcoe's Military
  Journal, New York, 1844.
			

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